Blog 17: Answer 3

1. EQ
What is the most significant factor for effectively teaching karate to children?

2. Answer 3
The most significant factor for effectively teaching karate to children is for an instructor to add a degree of fun into teaching.

3. Three details to support the answer.

• Kids respond better to fun
• They will always pay more attention to something fun than something boring
• It's easier for kids to remember something if fun is integrated
• Making learning fun is a well-talked about idea for teaching, proven to work
• Kids will want to do the work if they know fun is eminent
• A system of rewards incentives them to pay atention

4. Resource sources to support your details and answers.

• Todd, Alison. "Strategies For Teaching Challenging Kids Martial Arts." FightingArts.com. eCommunities LLC. Web. 21 Aug 2014.
• Enkamp, Jesse. "The Karate Kids Teaching Guide: What You Need to Know about Teaching Karate to Kids." Karate by Jesse. KarateNerd. Web. 21 Aug 2014
• Prof. Lee-Barron, Jamie. "TEACHING TODDLERS the MARTIAL ARTS."The Shotokan Way. Web. 21 Aug 2014.
• Wiley, Carol A. Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching. Vol. 53. Berkely: North Atlantic, 1995. Io. Google Books. Web. 22 Jan. 2015.

5. Concluding sentence.
I have seen this implemented in class and can show examples of how this works